Russian media reaction to national team elimination
Headlines in Russian media following the Russia ice hockey team's defeat 3-1 by Finland on Wednesday, which resulted in their elimination from the men's tournament at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Games.
“Failure in Bolshoy: Russian ice hockey players without Olympic medals third time in a row”: RIA Novosti – R-sport, national news agency
“Burned in Finnish sauna”: Kommersant, daily newspaper
“Russian ice hockey players disappointed their fans”: Vzglyad, online newspaper
“Our expectations are our problems”: Sovetsky Sport, sports newspaper
“We don’t need ice hockey like that”: Sport Express, sports newspaper
“Finnish curtain”: Gazeta.ru, online newspaper
“Out of the game”: Rossiyskaya Gazeta, daily newspaper
"Russia crashes out on historic Olympic day" - The Moscow News - newspaper
"Finland sends Russia crashing out of home Olympics in quarters" - The Voice of Russia - Radio
"The Russian men's ice hockey team has again come up empty handed in its quest for an Olympic gold medal". - Russia Herald - newspaper
"Getting used to the humiliation .." Sovetsky Sport, sports newspaper (online edition)
Pessimistic forecast came true again. - Novayagazeta - newspaper
What is not yet enough Bilyaletdinov? - Championat.ru - sports website
For the power of Odin! - Sovetsky Sport first page
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